"Linda Sun betrayed the state of New York to enrich herself,"
"She did the bidding of the Chinese government so that she and her husband, Chris Hu, could get rich."
"hodgepodge of accusations."
"she did not commit a crime."
Linda Sun, a former top aide to Governors Andrew Cuomo and Kathy Hochul, faces federal charges including acting as an unregistered foreign agent for China, wire fraud, visa fraud and money laundering. Her husband, Chris Hu, faces charges of laundering bribes through his businesses and bank accounts. Prosecutors allege Sun blocked a Cuomo meeting with Taiwan's president, secretly added a Chinese official to a private conference call, and forged Hochul's signature on a visa application. Prosecutors say Sun received secret payments and gifts and that Hu laundered funds through a Queens lobster-exporting business and accounts tied to Sun's family. Defense attorneys called the allegations a hodgepodge, compared the case to a movie plot and argued Sun did not commit a crime. Jury deliberations were expected to begin Thursday.
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